Confirmed · Abha International Airport, Saudi Arabia ·
A Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation NOTAM (OEAB A3625/26) closes Abha International Airport from 14 Oct 2026 07:37 UTC until 22 Oct 2026 03:00 UTC, with the window 1500-0300 UTC, and gives no reason. Forth.News, relaying a Google News item, reports that Saudi airspace was shut after an attack on Riyadh airport, but no other source confirms an attack or a wider closure.
Unofficial; built automatically from public posts and can be wrong. Verify before acting.
Verification
Confirmed: 1 independent source.
Sources disagree on:
- Forth.News places the closure and attack at Riyadh airport and describes Saudi airspace as shut, while the NOTAM covers only Abha International Airport (OEAB).
- Forth.News attributes the attack to a Houthi missile, but the NOTAM states no cause and no attacker.
- Forth.News's report is timestamped 2026-10-13 23:10 UTC, about eight hours before the NOTAM's issuance time of 2026-10-14 07:37 UTC.
- The Forth.News item is an anonymous-tier aggregator relay, so it does not contradict the official notice on credible grounds, but it does not support the Abha closure either.
Details by origin
Each detail, with the independent origins that reported it. An origin is the outlet or channel where a claim first appeared; reposts count once. A row counts no more independent origins than the event does above; where it lists more, it says so. This counts reports: it is not a measure of accuracy, and it does not change the event's status. "Reports differ" means two origins gave values that cannot both be true; it is about that detail, not about whether the incident happened.
| Detail | Reported | Reported by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Saudi Arabia | Forth.News | One origin, unverified |
Airspace notices for 1 place, from Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation. A notice shows that it was issued, not what caused it.
Not stated in any report: time.
This table may include reports the automated review judged to be about another incident.
The disagreements listed under Verification are written by the automated review; this table is computed by rules, so the two lists can differ.
Sources
First reported ; last updated .
Saudi Arabia: latest reports · All reports on 14 October 2026 · Live map · How this works · Corrections